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Darius Rucker sets new country album for Oct. 12 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2010 | 4:03 am Darius Rucker sets new country album for Oct. 12 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2010 | 4:03 am Gibson in child custody hearing - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:56 am Lohan: Rehab Again! Fourth Time Lucky? - Right TV
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:47 am Authorities dispute Polanski case miscommunication - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:30 am Authorities dispute Polanski case miscommunication (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:26 am Authorities dispute Polanski case miscommunication (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:26 am Leonardo DiCaprio dives into world of dreams - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:24 am Erin Andrews filing lawsuit - USA Today
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 3:09 am Sean Connery probed in Spanish tax fraud case: reports (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2010 | 2:18 am Hank Cochran dies at 74; country music songwriter - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 Jul 2010 | 1:07 am Industry Roundup: Winter's Bone Actress To Play X-Men's Mystique The X Factor: Jennifer Lawrence - who has garnered significant Oscar buzz for her role in this summer's Winter's Bone - has been cast as Mystique in Fox’s X-Men: First Class. She joins a group of actors including James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Alice Eve and Kevin Bacon. Mystique, played by Rebecca Romijn in the trilogy, is that blue sultry shapeshifter who can mimic other people. Guess that Esquire shoot paid off! [Heat Vision/HR] A Dark Task: Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, is making the move to Hollywood. Grahame-Smith will write a new draft of the script for Dark Shadows, the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp adaptation of the 1960s daytime supernatural serial (John August already took a first pass at the script). Write a juicy part for Helena Bonham-Carter, Seth, and you should be all set. [Deadline] Guided Return: Indie rock group Guided By Voices has finally released the full details of its reunion tour, which will include a previously announced October 3 Vegas show as part of Matador Records’ 21st birthday celebration. The tour will begin September 30 in Austin, Texas and finish November 7 at New York's Terminal 5. The band will also stop to play Late Night With Jimmy Fallon along the way. [Billboard] Pay Day: The View’s Sherri Shepherd has been cast in dual roles in the Katherine Heigl crime thriller One for the Money. Variety says, as if this is a totally normal thing, “For both roles, she’ll play prostitutes with hearts of gold.” Um, what?! [Variety] X Marks The Spot: Warner Bros. has picked up Colin Trevorrow’s script for World War X, which follows a man recruited by a team of government agents to stop a terrorist visiting from the future who “is using time travel to reshape history.” This sounds like a mashup of every 21st century action movie cliche - which means it will probably make zillions of dollars. [Variety] Over and Over: Fox 2000 has optioned the rights to Lauren Oliver’s teen novel Before I Fall, with Maria Maggenti signed on to adapt. The book brings a “Groundhog Day approach to high school,” as a female student “finds herself living what may be her last day on earth over and over, until she gets things right.” News of this role is totally going to set off the Disney Channel actress version of the fierce competition for the Dragon Tattoo part. [Deadline] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, before i fall, colin trevorrow, dark shadows, guided by voices, jennifer lawrence, maria maggenti, movies, music, one for the money, seth grahame-smith, sherri shepherd, world war x, x-men: first class
Source: Vulture | 16 Jul 2010 | 12:07 am City's Unemployment Rate Drops For Sixth Straight MonthEven though the census’ end meant the loss of thousands of jobs, New York City’s unemployment rate managed to drop to 9.5 percent in June, the sixth straight month of decline, the State Labor Department said. The city added 8,300 jobs in the private sector in June, a pretty notable increase, with the biggest pick-ups in construction and leisure and hospitality. And more good news: New York State's overall unemployment rate also fell over the past month, reaching a 14-month low of 8.2 percent. [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: jobs jobs jobs, business, economy, jobs, unemployment
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 11:40 pm Last Night on Late Night: Jay Leno Wants to Urinate with Ellen Page Ellen Page saw her story about the family compost pile take a turn for the creepy on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Inception star was describing how adding urine to your compost pile helps the process adding that her childhood home included communal buckets in the bathroom for collecting the family's urine, something that Jay said he approved of because of all the water saved by not flushing. Emboldened by this newfound bond with his guest, Leno then suggested that he and Page should urinate together sometime. What a charmer. Up next on The Late Show, Kyra Sedgwick tells Dave Letterman about the time she pushed Tom Cruise's panic button, and over at The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Nicolas Cage shares his thoughts on the wounded Chupcabra in Texas. Wrapping things up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy attempts to block some shots on goal by soccer stud, and recently signed New York Red Bull, Thiery Henry. Watch our compilation to see what you missed. Read more posts by Dorsey Shaw Filed Under: last night on late night, Ellen Page, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicolas Cage, Thiery Henry
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 11:15 pm Movie review: Nicolas Cage's 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' is a magical misfire - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:47 pm Primetime TV shows to get racier after court ruling (Reuters)Reuters - During a particularly unbridled episode of Fox's "American Dad" in January, Stan, well, gave "full release" to a racehorse.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:44 pm All Quiet on the Mel Gibson Front After Court Is no news good news for Mel Gibson?
Attorneys for the notorious star and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva had no comment Thursday upon leaving Los Angeles Superior Court after a lengthy...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:35 pm Trailer for Affleck's The Town Features Big Stars and Boston Accents While Ben Affleck’s acting chops have proven somewhat divisive, his directorial debut on 2007’s Gone Baby Gone was for the most part quite admired. And if his follow-up, this fall's The Town, is as riveting and action-packed as this trailer, it looks like he'll be maintaining that reputation. Featuring a gritty intensity similar to Gone’s (this film is also set in Boston), the clip promises lots of gun play, some weirdly omnipresent bank robbers, and an array of Boston accents, with Affleck, Rebecca Hall, and Blake Lively engaged in a love triangle. Oh, and as if more reasons to get excited about this were needed, an all-business Jon Hamm and a scrappy Jeremy Renner are in for the fun, too. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: trailer mix, ben affleck, blake lively, jon hamm, movies, rebecca hall, the town, video
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:27 pm So You Think You Can Dance: For Whom the Bell Tolls... The So You Think You Dance bell is tolling for Billy.
With Ashley Galvan's season-ending injury tonight, bottom-three benchwarmer Billy Bell's life on the show was spared by...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:15 pm Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly Discuss Michelle Obama's Wardrobe When Beck and O’Reilly get together, you know you’re in for some “fun,” and Thursdays conversation between the two was no exception. Beck sets the mood for his rant du jour by quipping that when O’Reilly “walks into church, the water boils.” He then launches into a pretty random critique of Michelle Obama’s choice in attire when she toured the oil spill. Calling it the “most Marie Antoinette” he’s ever seen her, Beck posits that the First Lady probably decided to wear a dress that was “all white with black splotches” as a way to “relate” to the spill. (Yep.) And of course, he can't resist throwing some "Obama's a communist" rhetoric in at the end. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: michelle obama, bill o'reilly, glenn beck, video
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:59 pm Detectives get recordings in Gibson custody case (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:42 pm Former Justice Department Official Says CIA Acted Without Approval The Bush era-related news just keeps coming today. According to a House Judiciary Committee transcript released Thursday, a former Bush Justice Department official revealed in May that he never authorized several of the interrogation tactics that were inflicted on terrorism suspects. Judge Jay Bybee said that while he did permit the CIA to use certain techniques, such as waterboarding, he never gave approval for tactics such as prolonged shackling to a ceiling or repeated beatings. He defended the use of waterboarding, water slamming and other methods, as lawful, though: “We took a muscular view of presidential authority… We were offering a bottom line to a client who wanted to know what he could do and what he couldn’t do. I wasn’t running a debating society, and I wasn’t running a law school.” Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: torture, cia, george w. bush, jay bybee
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:21 pm Aaron Sorkin To Write and Direct John Edwards Biopic After rumors that Aaron Sorkin would be snagging the rights to The Politican, Andrew Young's tell-all about John Edwards, it’s now official. And Sorkin will not only be writing the script, he’ll be making his directorial debut on the project. In a statement that likely caused the Bard to cringe in his grave, Sorkin said: "This is a first hand account of an extraordinary story filled with motivations, decisions and consequences that would have lit Shakespeare up... There is much more to Andrew's book than what has been reported and I am grateful that he's trusting me with it.” Considering the book includes a detailed study of Edwards' hair, one shudders to think what this "much more" could be referring to. [Deadline] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: aaron sorkin, andrew young, john edwards, movies, the industry, the politician
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 8:45 pm Would you buy a LucasFilm cease and desist letter? (Reuters)Reuters - LucasFilm recently served a manufacturer of a handheld laser with a cease-and-desist letter for selling an item it claimed was too close in resemblance to its trademark lightsabers from "Star Wars."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2010 | 8:42 pm Source: Gibson's Wife Says No Signs of AbuseMel Gibson's estranged wife has filed a court declaration stating she and her children never experienced any abuse by the Academy Award winner.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 8:25 pm AT&T-AMC Crisis Averted: Mad Men For All! AT&T U-verse’s 2.3 million subscribers will be breaking out an Old Fashioned and cigar in celebration tonight (well, except for those who inexplicably don't watch Mad Men). AMC’s parent company Rainbow Media has reached a deal with AT&T, meaning the channel (as well as IFC and WE) will not be taken away from customers as had been threatened. “We’re very satisfied that we were able to reach the fair deal we wanted for our customers,” AT&T said in a statement. [Live Feed/HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: mad men, amc, at&t, tv
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:56 pm Obama Takes The Driver's Seat, Literally In the passenger seat is Holland mayor Kurt Dykstra, who probably had been preparing anecdotes for weeks. It does not appear as though Barack Obama had to feign interest in the bright orange Ford Electric Focus he took a seat in today in Holland, Michigan. When he wasn't being photographed in flashy cars, the president also spoke at the groundbreaking for a new factory which will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles. The automotive candy even got the president a bit nostalgic: “My first car didn’t look like these,” he said. “I wouldn’t have minded tooling around in one of these when I was 20 years old.” [The Caucus/NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: photo op, automotives, barack obama
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:31 pm Is a reality show next for Bristol and Levi? - msnbc.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:26 pm Why Is Mel Gibson's Ex Wife Supporting Him in Court? Is it true that Mel Gibson's soon-to-be ex wife, Robyn Gibson, is siding with him over baby mama Oksana Grigorieva?
—Farewell, via the Answer B!tch inbox
Apparently....
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:25 pm Roy Rogers' dog Bullet fetches $35K at NYC auction (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:21 pm 'Big Brother' saboteur revealed, then evicted (AP)AP - It wasn't a happy hour for Annie Whittington on "Big Brother."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:04 pm Melissa Etheridge Was Expecting a Call From the Kids, Got Served Instead A process server didn't come to Melissa Etheridge's window, but his arrival at the door of her hotel room wasn't particularly welcome, either.
"In a ploy to have me...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:03 pm Things Are Looking Up For Cleveland After getting a bad rap from both 30 Rock and Hot In Cleveland as a city where dreams go to die and attractive people do not exist, Cleveland is getting some positive pop cultural buzz! According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Lady Gaga told the throngs of fans at her Wednesday night show that she “wrote a #1 record in Cleveland.” She had predicted as much earlier in the day when she tweeted, “Emerging from studio coma. Voted no visit to RockNRoll Hall of Fame, rather write a hit that puts me in it.” Now that Gaga has given the city its mojo back, Cleveland should be overteeming with Kellan Lutzes and Brooklyn Deckers in no time. [MTV] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: cleveland, lady gaga, music
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:55 pm LeAnn Rimes Can't Fight the Urge to Tweet LeAnn Rimes has not found a way to live without Twitter.
"Hi twitter land! Missing u all and thought I'd just say hello! I have so many darling fans and want you all to know...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:55 pm Pair convicted of trying to extort money from StamosA Michigan man and woman were convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from "Full House" actor John Stamos by threatening to sell compromising photos that prosecutors say didn't even exist.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:52 pm Sharon Osbourne Talks Kelly's Breakup: "It's Sad for Both of the Them" No surprise, but Kelly Osbourne isn't very happy about her split from fiancé Luke Worrall.
"They've been together two years, and it's sad for any relationship to...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:45 pm Charlie Rangel Just Can't Stop Introducing Military Draft Bills Maybe because he felt it had been too long since he had nabbed some headlines, Rep. Charlie Rangel has introduced a symbolic bill to reinstate the draft, which has no chance of becoming a law. This is becoming something of a habit for the Democrat, who introduced similar bills in 2003 and 2007. He said he believes lawmakers should require "all who enjoy the benefits of our democracy to contribute to the defense of the country.” [WaPo] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: charlie rangel, military
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:43 pm Pink's Topsy-Turvy Tour Lands Her in the Hospital Pink's Funhouse has been quite the roller-coaster ride.
The singer was forced to take a trip to a Nurnberg, Germany, hospital Thursday after a harness malfunction sent her hurtling...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:25 pm Lawyer Visiting Lindsay Lohan's Sober House, But What Does It All Mean? So, what's Lindsay Lohan getting at with her new address?
While a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office told E! News it was her understanding that...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:20 pm The View Responds to Gay Group Protest Over Remarks About Black Men, HIV GLAAD still isn't happy with The View.
ABC has finally responded to the gay media watchdog group's plea that the daytime talk show correct comments about HIV and AIDS made by...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:08 pm Five Looks From the Mad Men Costume Designer's New QVC Collection Janie Bryant, the Emmy-nominated costume designer for Mad Men, is launching a sixties-themed capsule collection for QVC. The 20-piece line, called Mod by Janie Bryant, won't be out till September 29, but click ahead to see a few appetite-whetting teasers, including reversible coats, Jackie O-esque pillbox hats, and swingy capes done up in leopard print. Read more posts by Caitlin Petreycik Filed Under: collaboration station, janie bryant, mad men, qvc, slideshow
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 6:00 pm The Social Network Debuts First Full TrailerThe Social Network's first full trailer is out and seems to ask the musical question: Is Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg a creep? It's set to a spooky cover of Radiohead's "Creep."
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 5:28 pm Kelly Bensimon on Potential Real Housewives' Return: Only If Everyone Is "Authentic" It's been a rocky Real Housewives road for Kelly Bensimon, and the question remains: Will this gal "make lemons out of lemonade" and sign on for another season of the Bravo...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2010 | 5:00 pm ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews Sues Hotel Chains Over Peeping VideotapesErin Andrews has sued several hotel chains for negligence and invasion of privacy in connection with the secret videotaping of her by an Illinois man.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:58 pm In Absence of a Sex Scandal, Maybe John Daly’s Lucky Purple Pants Can Keep People Excited About Golf Golf is not supposed to be a loud sport. The clothes, the clapping, the announcing — it's all soft, muffled, nonthreatening. Golf doesn't walk into a room and say "Hey! Pass the cheese plate!" It patters in quietly, takes a seat in the corner, and enjoys its occasional moments in the mass Us Weekly–level spotlight. But now that Tiger Woods's shenanigans are no longer news, how can his sport retain all that glorious attention? Maybe with John Daly's lucky purple paisley pants, which The Wall Street Journal so perfectly calls "extraordinary trousers":
But just because the pants match everything doesn't mean they also don't clash with everything, grass included. Daly, His Pants Take Course by Storm [Daily Fix/WSJ] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: a rare post on sports, john daly, just pants
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:40 pm Fabrice Tourre Is Goldman Sachs’s Sacrificial Lamb Fabrice Tourre was so loyal to Goldman Sachs. Why wouldn't he have been? They had been good to him. After the subprime market tanked, his bosses had praised his creation of Abacus, a collection of crappy mortgage securities he had created so that hedge-funder John Paulson could short it, and cemented his status in the firm by giving him a promotion and a raise. So when the SEC sued Goldman for fraud over the deal, and certain embarrassing e-mails Fab had written about it came to light, he believed they would have his back, even after they put him on suspended leave. (It was only temporary! they told him. It didn't mean anything!) Was he nervous? Yes. But any fears he might have had were quelled when he traveled to Washington to testify with the rest of the gang in front of Congress. Sure, Fab had to endure some awkward questioning about his personal life. But the point was, he was there with his bros. Together. Forever. Blood brothers. Until now: Goldman will cooperate in the proceeding against Fabrice Tourre, the employee who was also named in the S.E.C.’s lawsuit. [It's interesting that the settlement covers only Goldman, leaving Mr. Tourre -- one of several Goldman figures to testify before a Senate investigative committee -- out to dry.]
Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: fab fab, business, fabrice tourre, goldman sachs
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:37 pm Rodarte’s Mexico-Inspired MAC Line Sparks Controversy Rodarte for MAC. Rodarte's MAC collection, which launches on September 15, is inspired by Mexico's colors and culture, and the products are named accordingly. For example, one pink blush is called Quinceañera, while a sheer white lipstick is called Ghost Town. However, the frosty pink nail polish called Juarez isn't sitting well with blogger the Frisky, who finds it "tasteless": Why’s it tasteless? Juarez is an impoverished Mexican factory town notorious for the number of women between the ages of 12 and 22 who have been raped and murdered with little or no response from police.
Most of the young women are employees at the border town’s factories, called maquiladoras, and disappeared on the way to or from work. Activists have been applying constant pressure on Mexican police, who have shown little response to properly investigating the murders, allegedly because the victims are poor women. The crime channel TruTV even called Juarez a “serial killers’ playground”! And it’s not like the Juarez murders are some big secret: Jennifer Lopez even starred in a film,“Bordertown,” playing a reporter who writes about the rapes and murders.
MAC/Rodarte Makeup Collaboration Names Nail Polish After Impoverished, Murdered Women [Frisky] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: beauty marks, beauty, designers, mac, makeup, rodarte
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:30 pm Download a Free New Cut Copy Song, ‘Where I’m Going’The Australian rockers are offering up the first sample of their unnamed third album (due out in January) in exchange for an e-mail address. And it's a good one — electro-dance with some upbeat hand-clapping. Or, per the lyrics, "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Whoo!" Download below, or hear it first on Gorilla vs. Bear. Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: music, clickables, cut copy, mp3s
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:20 pm Daisy Lowe Roughed Up Her Pretty Dress Daisy Lowe attended the opening of the Acne London studio today wearing a sheer white maxi dress embellished with daisies. She pulled the nineties trick of pairing a floaty frock with seriously scuffed boots to make it look grungier (or as grungy as one can really look when toting a Chanel bag). Lowe also carried a black leather jacket and wore stacks of silver rings. Do you like when romantic dresses are toughened up with rock-and-roll accessories? Or do you think Lowe and ilk are ruining a perfectly feminine look? Read more posts by Caitlin Petreycik Filed Under: look of the day, daisy lowe, trends
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:20 pm Vampire Weekend Sued by Cover Model Kirsten Kennis, the woman on the cover of Vampire Weekend's recent second record, Contra, is suing the band for $2 million because she claims she never consented to the use of her photo (which was taken back in 1983). If she wins, you can probably expect a similar lawsuit from the chandelier on VW's first album. [TMZ] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: vampires, music, vampire weekend
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:15 pm Georgia May Jagger Won’t Return for Versace’s Fall Campaign Versace's fall 2010 campaign stars Anna Selezneva and Iselin Steiro. Further proof that curves aren't in everywhere. [Sassybella] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: campaign trail, advertising, anna selezneva, designers, iselin steiro, model tracker, models, versace
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:10 pm Weirdly, Amy Adams May Star in a Janis Joplin Biopic During an interview, Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey got to talking about some other projects his production company, Temple Hill Entertainment, is working on. One of them is a Janis Joplin biopic to be directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God) starring … Amy Adams. Amy Adams, the lovely, talented, Oscar-nominated actress from Junebug , Enchanted, and Doubt whom it is, nonetheless, absolutely impossible to imagine taking a slug of alcohol, let alone choking on her own vomit? Yes! That Amy Adams! IMDb has the movie listed under the title Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can (though it says both Adams and long-rumored-Janis Zooey Deschanel are playing the lead role). While we can definitely imagine actresses less suited to the part by the fact of their total lack of talent, it is hard for us to imagine an actress less suited to the part by the fact of her total non-Joplin-esque vibe. It's going to take us some time to wrap our heads around this one. [Fearnet via Playlist] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: casting, amy adams, fernando meirelles, get it while you can, janis joplin, movies
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:00 pm First Look: Club Monaco’s Luxe Winter Collection It may be 90 degrees outside, but in the retail world, holiday market previews are in full swing. Yesterday we stopped by the Club Monaco showroom to scope out the covetable winter collection, which arrives in stores during October and beyond. The cooler weather brings on a slew of new collaborations for the brand, including Barbour coats for fall showers, velvet Belle by Sigerson Morrison flats in berry shades, Lauren Urstadt leather gloves, hats by James Coviello, and more. The collection offers several standout pieces for both holiday parties and the nine-to-five office, including beaded frocks, feathered skirts, and smart plaid blazers. Click ahead for a slideshow preview. Read more posts by Lauren Murrow Filed Under: first look, barbour, buyer's guide, club monaco, collaboration station, first looks, james coviello, lauren urstadt, sigerson morrison, slideshow
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 4:00 pm The Newest in Luxury Amenities: The Bike Valet Residents of the swanky Superior Ink building in the far West Village can "call down and arrange to have their bike brought out at the appointed hour, and have it put away when they come back," reports The Villager. Because walking to the basement bike room to get it yourself sounds too much like exercise. [Villager via Curbed NY] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: vu., bicycling, bikes, real estate, superior ink
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:55 pm Which of David Lynch’s Non-Movie Projects Are Actually Lynchian? David Lynch/Powerhouse Books David Lynch’s creativity doesn’t limit itself to his movies: Over the years, the beloved auteur has dabbled in music, photography, sculpture, carpentry, and, of course, amateur meteorology. With his latest non-cinematic project, Dark Night of the Soul — the awesome, troubled Danger Mouse–Sparklehorse album for which Lynch created an accompanying photo book — in stores this week, Vulture takes a look back through Lynch's many projects, examining them on the basis of their Lynchian qualities. What, exactly, constitutes Lynchian? David Foster Wallace explains: “A regular domestic murder is not Lynchian, but if the police come to the scene and the man and the cops have this conversation that the man killed the woman because she persistently refused to buy, say for instance, Jiff peanut butter rather then Skippy, and how very, very important that is, and if the cops found themselves somehow agreeing that there are major differences between the brands and that a wife who doesn’t recognize those differences was deficient in her wifely duties, that would be Lynchian.” Got it? Okay, good. Here we go. Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: hobbies, dangermouse, dark night of the soul, david lynch, movies, music, slideshow
Source: Vulture | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:50 pm Former Aide to John Edwards Reaches Movie DealAn insider's account of John Edwards' affair and the lengths he went to hide his mistress will be developed into a movie, a former aide to the two-time presidential candidate said Thursday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:40 pm The Daily Caller May Regret Buying That Keith Olbermann Site Whether the Daily Caller's plans to build KeithOlbermann.com into the Internet's premiere Olbermann-criticism site is a good publicity stunt is not in question. It is. It's all over the Internet, and Olbermann will probably complain about it on his show tonight. The back-and-forth will result in lots of attention for both parties involved. That doesn't mean it's a smart legal move, though, as Olbermann suggested earlier. In fact, according to Enrico Schaefer, founding attorney of Traverse Legal, a law firm specializing in cybersquatting and domain-name disputes, Olbermann would probably have little trouble becoming master of his domain. "There's always room for some debate on this kind of stuff," Schaefer told us. "But the reality is that Keith Olbermann has got strong trademark rights in his name — a show called Countdown With Keith Olbermann, with his name used as a brand — and therefore anyone that registers a domain name in bad faith, or a personal name of a famous individual who has trademark right, is potentially liable for up to $100,000 in damages, plus attorney fees." "But wait a second," we ignorantly inquired, "What about, you know, freedom of speech? Doesn't the First Amendment allow us to criticize public figures however we damn well please?" Not always. Some "gripe sites," as they're known, are okay, if they "have no financial stake, no positive benefit that they receive. They just have something to say and they're going to say it," Schaefer explains. But "the moment that you start to make money or derive a benefit for your business, you lose a whole layer of First Amendment protection." So what's Olbermann's next move? Schaefer says he has three options of varying intensity. On the lower end of the spectrum, he can send the Daily Caller a cease-and-desist letter, giving it five days to hand over control of the website and possibly pay him damages. The middle ground would be forcing it into binding arbitration, which the Daily Caller would have to comply with under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, which applies to anyone in the world who registers a domain name. Or he could sue the Daily Caller in federal court under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. "I think the Daily Caller would likely lose this across the board," Schaefer predicts. Not that he has much sympathy for Olbermann. "People who don’t register their domain name and the variations of their name, they're just asking for it," he says, incredulously. "The concept that someone as famous as Keith Olbermann could have gotten this far in life without registering KeithOlbermann.com is shocking." Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: in other news, domain names, keith olbermann, the daily caller
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:34 pm Capsule reviews: `Inception' and 'Sorcerer's' (AP)AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:27 pm Crystal Renn Says She Was Photoshopped Thinner in Her Fashion for Passion T-Shirt Shoot Before (left) and after retouching. Crystal Renn was very disturbed when her weight yet again became a topic of discussion as online commenters wondered if she was again falling victim to an eating disorder after images of her looking thinner in the Fashion for Passion charity tee surfaced. Renn, who has been anorexic, told Glamour she gasped when she saw the pictures:
In a video of the shoot sent to Glamour by Renn's agent (we used that video to put together a before and after Photoshop image here), Renn looks more voluptuous than she does in the pictures that ran on Ford's blog. Renn continues:
Hopefully this will finally silent the chatter about whether or not she's losing weight. On the C.L.: Crystal Renn on Her Skinny Photos: "I Don't Look Like That" [Glamour] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: body issues, crystal renn, model tracker, models, retouching
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:20 pm Jesse James breaks downJesse James broke down in court on Wednesday during his ongoing custody trial with ex-wife Janine Lindemulder -- as he discussed his abuse as a child and struggle with alcoholism.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:20 pm Gift Company Debuts Wearable Wine Rack That Doubles As a BraThere’s now a perfect gift for the girl who has everything -- including a desire to secretly drink while simultaneously getting a breast lift, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:13 pm Lindsay Lohan checks into sober-living facilityLindsay Lohan, who has been ordered to report to jail by next Tuesday, has checked herself into Pickford Lofts, a sober-living house in Los Angeles founded by famed defense attorney Robert Shapiro.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:11 pm Ryan Reynolds, 'Green Lantern' star, talks adult diapers and fight scenes - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:09 pm Meet the New Girl: Dafne Cejas Is Riccardo Tisci’s Fall Muse Dafne Cejas (FORD). Having a runway exclusive — say, for Prada in Milan or Calvin Klein in New York — is fantastic for a rookie's debut. But when a model is placed on a global exclusive for a label, you know she is going places. Such is the case with Argentinean newcomer Dafne Cejas. After a go-see with Riccardo Tisci, the 17-year-old scored a world exclusive for Givenchy's fall 2010 show. When she hit the catwalk in March, her couture editorial for Italian Vogue also dropped, shot by Steven Klein. This led to Cejas snagging spreads in V and French Vogue, shot by Sebastian Faena and duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, respectively. Tisci also proved he's a man of his word, booking Cejas for the label's fall prints. Cejas is back in Argentina at the moment, taking a deserved breather and getting ready for the fall — which, by the look of it, is shaping up pretty spectacularly. Click ahead to read a brief Q&A with Cejas, and then visit her new model profile to see loads of on- and off-the-runway pics. You've become a favorite at Givenchy. How did that relationship start? What do you remember most about walking that show? You're on vacation in Argentina right now. Describe a day in the life of Dafne in Argentina. What do your friends and family make of your newfound career? If we gave you $100,000 to spend on the clothing of any one designer, who would you pick? >> Explore other rising stars (plus all the big names) in our extensive Model Manual. Runway pics, glamorous editorials, model bios, career timelines, and more await! Read more posts by James Lim Filed Under: model tracker, dafne cejas, givenchy, mert alas and marcus piggott, models, riccardo tisci, sebastian faena, steven klein
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 3:05 pm Movies: Past, present and future - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:59 pm AD WIZARDS: Dita Von Teese For Perrier, SemenI’m still not entirely positive who Dita Von Teese is or why I see her on the internet a lot, I just know she’s a person who wears slightly less clothing and is slightly more attractive than the average human being. Here’s Dita pouring sparkling water on her cleavage because you just rolled Perrier on your Perrier dice. Doesn’t that happen all the time with those dice? Questions for another day. This message co-sponsored by America’s J*zz Farmers: (via Warming Glow) Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:49 pm Michael Cera Has The Best Losing Virginity Story EverI guess it’s just Redeem Yourself After Being Overexposed Via Twee Hipster Comedies Day! Here is Michael Cera’s response to how he lost his virginity from his interview in the August issue of Playboy. I guess the articles really are great!
And here I was thinking he lost it (insert Juno joke, *gunshot*). The image is so vividly painted, especially the Crispin Glover part. I feel like that’s exactly something he would do. Man, in a perfect world this would be true. This is Crispin watching Cera do it:
Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:48 pm Alvin Greene’s Action-Figure Dream Has Been Realized, Sort Of When Alvin Greene first suggested that there could someday be an action figure in his likeness, people laughed. Such is the price that visionaries pay for dreaming big. But just one week later, Greene's dream has become a reality. Behold! An actual photo of the first ever Alvin Greene ... action-figure-type thing! Sure, it's not rolling off of assembly lines just yet, and it won't do anything to revitalize the economy. And yeah, it's only a promotion that the minor league Charleston RiverDogs baseball team is giving away to the first 1,000 people who show up to its game on Saturday night. And it's really just a photo of Alvin Greene's face taped onto a miniature male Statue of Liberty figurine. But all dreams have to start somewhere. Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: weird al greene, alvin greene, charleston riverdogs
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:45 pm A Guy Named Maynard Is Abusing Trees in Brooklyn Thirty-five-year-old Steve Maynard was arraigned in Brooklyn court today on criminal-mischief charges after ripping the limbs off of trees along the Eastern Parkway. But he had a reason! According to the Post, "he told cops that he was working for a private eye searching for the body of a girl named 'Amy,' who he believed had been killed by demons in the trees." But at the time police arrested him, he was no long harming trees and was instead "observed by cops casting and reeling in an imaginary fishing rod." [NYP] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: stupid crime of the day, crazytown, neighborhood news, trees
Source: Daily Intel | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:40 pm Michigan Jury Convicts Couple Trying to Extort John StamosA jury in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has convicted a couple in the attempted extortion of actor John Stamos after a trial full of allegations about cocaine, strippers and unflattering photos.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:19 pm Lindsay Lohan Is Just One Rehab Away From A Free Rehab!Quick Control-C of the year 2007, aaaaannnd…Lindsay Lohan is back in rehab:
Mock all you want, but Lindsay knows what she’s doing — she’s only one rehab away from getting a free rehab with her Frequent Rehabbers punch card:
Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:03 pm Beyoncé’s Latest L’Oréal Campaign; Snooki and Michelle Williams Go Red MAKEUP • Topshop is adding beauty tools to its makeup line. The brushes, tweezers, eyelash curler, and pencil sharpener all retail for between $6 and $20. [Beauty Counter/Style] • This eye-shadow palette was designed to look like an iPhone. [Nylon] NAILS HAIR • Michelle Williams also reached for the red dye this week. The actress was seen sporting a strawberry-blonde bob on the set of her new film, Take This Waltz. [Pop Sugar] HOW-TO • This Lucky editor uses a blush brush to tame flyaways. [Lucky] Filed Under: beauty marks, beauty, beauty news, beyonce, china glaze, l'oreal, michelle williams, ramy gafni, snooki, topshop
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:00 pm Michelle Obama Embraces Tie-Dye Michelle Obama wore a yellow-and-white shift dress with an understated tie-dye print to an event about the Affordable Care Act at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Just two days earlier, the FLOTUS rocked another tie-dye top during her trip to Florida. Could tie-dye be her new floral print? See the full looks in the Michelle Obama Look Book. Read more posts by Caitlin Petreycik Filed Under: mobama watch, michelle obama, the michelle obama look book @by:Caitlin Petreycik
Source: The Cut | 15 Jul 2010 | 1:30 pm Fight Club+Ferris Bueller’s Day OffI think the Universe is trying to tell me something because I have referenced Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off twice in as many days. What is it trying to tell me? Probably that I’m referencing Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off too often. But we can’t fight fate. Fight? Did somebody say fight? I present to you Ferris Club: This almost makes too much sense. Also, even though I like this a great deal, everything is rendered ten times better with a Pixie’s soundtrack. Fight Club, this, me walking down the street. It just works. Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:56 pm Legendary Country Songwriter Hank Cochran Dead at 74Hank Cochran, a consummate songwriter who composed a string of country hits including "Make the World Go Away" for Eddy Arnold, has died. He was 74.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:45 pm Penthouse Makes $210 Million Bid for Playboy MagazineMarc Bell, FriendFinder's CEO, believes his company can help build Playboy's brand online by directing traffic to it from the company's other websites.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:13 pm Robbie Williams rejoins British band Take ThatSinger Robbie Williams is rejoining British band Take That and they have been secretly recording a new album to be released in November, the British group announced Thursday. The boy...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:08 pm David Letterman's Extorter Gets Emmy NominationMeanwhile, Letterman's show did not.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 12:05 pm I Fear I Enjoy Diablo Cody’s Talk Show Too MuchRight off the bat, it’s 9 minutes and 26 seconds. That’s, like, really long. And I have to start thinking about what sort of outfit I’m going to wear today and to devote 9 minutes and 26 seconds of my time to this is just…ludicrous. Yes, that is the appropriate word. And then we have that famous Diablo Cody backlash that I have to consider whilst watching. “Oh, Juno’s so great! Best movie ever! Wait, is it? I hate Diablo Cody!” That was literally the turn around of the DC good will. It happened exactly like that. And then some other things happened in Diablo Cody’s career and now here we are. Diablo Cody has a tiny talk show, Red Band Trailer. And I like it. I fear too much. To the point where I want her to be my friend, mentor and confidante. I want to call her D. Or Diabs. Or D Codes. And Adam Brody, her first guest, is charming. So charming. Seth Cohen but manlier charming. Anyway, if you have all of your affairs settled for the day and have 9 minutes and 26 seconds to spare, watch this: I realize my reaction to this is similar to my reaction to Juno: Hesitance, Enjoyment, Complete and Utter Love, Over Reaction, Slight Shame, Annoyance, Resistance, Acceptance. Circle of life, really. Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 11:22 am Lawyers for Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva Head to Court for Custody BattleLawyers for Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva faced off in court Thursday, as both sides vied for custody of the couple's infant daughter following the release of a series of shocking tapes alleged to be Gibson verbally attacking and threatening Grigorieva.
Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Jul 2010 | 11:21 am Robert Shapiro now representing Lohan, father saysFamed attorney Robert Shapiro -- best known to the public as part of O.J. Simpson's legal "dream team" -- is now defending actress Lindsay Lohan, according to Lohan's father.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:47 am Boney M to bring disco fever to West Bank festivalBoney M, the 70s disco band behind hits such as "Rasputin" and "By the Rivers of Babylon," will play in Ramallah next week as part of a Palestinian festival, organisers said on Thursday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:43 am Mandela concert postponed in SpainA concert to honour anti-Apartheid hero Nelson Mandela set to take place over the weekend in the Spanish capital has been postponed, a spokeswoman for the host venue said Thursday. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:39 am Lindsay Lohan Spotted At Sober-Living FacilityActress, who is slated to report to jail next Tuesday, was filmed entering rehab on Wednesday.By Gil Kaufman Lindsay Lohan (file) Photo: MTV News Less than a week before she's scheduled to begin...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:36 am Watch: Howl TrailerBefore we watch the Howl trailer let me just say that I started out today very ambitious. First, I was going to write a post about how all Nordic movies are about incest and rich people, but then I could only think of three examples (Festen, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Insomnia). Then, I was going to do an open thread about how you guys felt about Zachary Levi being maybe cast as Superman and filling Brandon Routh’s tiny tiny (“doll size”-Dan Hopper) shoes. Then a cursory Internet search debunked that rumor. Now here we are. With the pretty as a peach trailer for Howl, a movie I would like to see. This is just eye candy. Sweet, sweet Jon Hamm-y James Franco-y eye candy, with a side of Jeff Daniels. I have no comment other than that. So here it is: Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:34 am Never Forget: Norm Macdonald’s 1998 ESPY MonologueThe ESPY Awards aired on ESPN last night, and while Seth Meyers, Will Ferrell, and Paul Rudd & Steve Carell were all surprisingly funny (I say “surprisingly” because of the awkward ESPYS forum, obviously all those people are funny individually), they still didn’t match Norm Macdonald’s uncomfortably hilarious ESPYS monologue from 1998, which Deadspin has recovered and posted for the sake of internet posterity. Ken Griffey Jr. is more not-amused in this clip than anyone has ever been at anything, which makes it all the more awesome, obviously. Click the pic below to watch:
Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:26 am Mel Gibson and America's hidden racismActor and director Mel Gibson appears to be at it again. This time the issue is not a tirade berating Jews and women in front of police officers. Instead, it's an outrageous message that was apparently left on his girlfriend's answering machine and likely was never supposed to come under public scrutiny.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:04 am 'Dancing Auschwitz' artist unbowed by criticismAn Australian artist who filmed her Holocaust survivor father and family dancing to Gloria Gaynor hit "I Will Survive" at Auschwitz said Thursday she was surprised but unbowed by criticism.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:02 am 'True Blood': Spoiler alert!HBO just released the official loglines for "True Blood's" five August episodes and, as per usual, they're pretty damn spoilery.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:02 am Gulf states ban Bollywood film on KashmirA hard-hitting Bollywood film about the sensitive issue of life in Indian Kashmir has been banned in a number of Gulf states, its makers said. Five states -- the United Arab Emirates,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 10:02 am Jennifer Weiner is back with `Fly Away Home' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:54 am Lady Gaga Says She Wrote 'A #1 Record' In ClevelandGaga told her audience Wednesday night that she'd spent the day in her bus writing a new hit.By James Montgomery Lady Gaga performs in concert (file) Photo: Getty Images When Lady Gaga took the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:38 am Woman Lies About Car Jacking: I Blame Jeremy LondonReports the UK Metro, the best source for things that happen in the US:
Oh, Jeremy London, what have you wrought? You of course will recall that Jeremy London said that he was kidnapped by gang members and forced to buy booze and do drugs. Now the old Jeremy London Excuse is going to be popping up everywhere. Instead of just saying, “I just watched that part in Parenthood where Mary Steenburgen gives Steve Martin a BJ in their mini van and then they get into a car accident and I thought that looked sort of fun,” she blames a mugger and then sets her car on fire. So Jeremy London of her. I mean, not really, but do you see what I’m saying? The ripple effects of the Jeremy London Excuse (JLE) have already started. Remember, Jeremy London is a professional act-or, he can maybe get away with these things. Think through your JLE’s before you execute them, or before you set your car on fire. Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:32 am Ryan Reynolds' 'Green Lantern' Costume RevealedDC Comics superhero makes his glowing debut on Entertainment Weekly.By Eric Ditzian Ryan Reynolds on the July 16 cover of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Photo: Entertainment...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 9:01 am Kelly Osbourne, fiancé splitKelly Osbourne and British model Luke Worrall have called off their engagement amid reports he had cheated on her.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 8:05 am Landon Donovan: No love childDuring the World Cup, U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan said he was "informed of the possibility" that a British woman was pregnant with his child.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 8:02 am Nick Jonas' 'Les Miserables' Co-Star Denies Romance'He's a great friend but nothing more,' Lucie Jones tweets.By Jocelyn Vena Nick Jonas Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images Photos of Nick Jonas and his "Les Misérables" co-star Lucie Jones...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:56 am Oksana Grigorieva's Lawyers To Take Mel Gibson To Court TodayGrigorieva's lawyers will reportedly use tapes as evidence to get her full custody of daughter.By Gil Kaufman Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson in March 2009 Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Jul 2010 | 7:41 am RadarOnline releases another purported Gibson rantRadarOnline on Wednesday released another audio recording of an explosive argument purportedly between actor Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, in which the man can be heard threatening to burn their house down.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2010 | 5:19 am TOP CHEF RECAP: Farm Policy? Not “Chef-retaries Of Agriculture?”This is a Recap of Top Chef D.C. (Season 7), Episode 5, entitled “Farm Policy”, originally airing on July 14th, 2010. I should quit right now because they didn’t name the episode “Chef-retaries Of Agriculture”, but I won’t because I have a heart of gold. Literally. I just died. Please welcome our guest judge for the week, 5-star-chef and Match Game regular Patrick O’Connell:
This week kicks off like many reality show episodes do: with people talking about the recently eliminated contestants as though they died. “One day, you’re doing frantic democracy-themed cooking challenges with these people you’ve known for three days, and the next minute…SNIFF… they’re gone! NO DAY BUT TODAY…” Behold, Lynne & Arnold’s empty beds:
Were a guy and girl rooming together? No they were not. Meaning these are not Lynne and Arnold’s beds, they’re just two beds that nobody is in at the moment. Nice try, camera dude, but ya gotta wake up pretty early in the morning to fool Ol’ Beddypants Hopper over here. If it’s before 11 am, you will probably fool me. After the jump, Angelo bangs the Quickfire, then drags his busy junk to the ol’ Sex Farm: We then cut to Angelo giving Tamesha an unsolicited pep talk, telling her that basketball players don’t think about how to win the game, they think about how to win the championship, which is terrible advice and don’t look now my arm’s around you!
Not sure why this photo came out super-blurry. I think Angelo roofied my USB cable. Ed then jumps on the “superfluous sexual tension” bandwagon and talks to Tiffany, but his attempts to out-creep Angelo are quickly washed away when the “Blue Crabs” Quickfire Challenge is announced, and Angelo declares “Well I had crabs, so it just brought back bad memories.” There was no reason for you to say this, Angelo, it was obviously a deliberate attempt to get another sound byte into the final edit. Nice try, though. We know you actually had gonorrhea. The chefs slaughter the crabs mostly uneventfully — Tamesha has never cooked with crab, Kenny calls himself a beast, and O’Connell gets to say one word to every three chefs in his evaluations — and in the end, Ed wins immunity for his Thai-inspired crab with old bay. Kenny and Angelo finish as runners-up in the Top 3, just in case, you know, stuff ever changed. And Angelo got really excited when Patrick complemented his dish:
For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will be preparing a meal using local ingredients from an organic Virginia farm, and they’ll all have to work together on one big team. This should work out fine — but how is Bravo gonna fill the time, because with everyone on one team, they’re all gonna get along so perfec–OH NO ANGELO AND KENNY ARE DISAGREEING! Oh dear God. Who could’ve foreseen this? Quick, Timothy, go stand next to them and pretend you’re as good as they are!
There are so many cooks in this kitchen, it prompts Stephen to bring up the old cliche, “A penny saved is a penny earned, people!” Finally, the chefs agree to pair off into the previous week’s teams, which makes everyone happy except for Tiffany, who’s stuck with Timothy again, and Ed, who sure is subtle for a sex god:
Commercial break…hey, there’s redhead Kevin in an ad for Kikkoman!
Does Top Chef make the contestants sign American Idol “Own Your Soul Forever” contracts now too? See you in Ford ads with Taylor Hicks soon, Kevin! The chefs arrive at the farm, and the food is just sitting there, unsupervised. They assume it is the food for them and start cooking it, occasionally borrowing ingredients from their “Toyota Mobile Pantry,” aka “trunk.” Timothy calls the Mobile Pantry “off the hook” — you made it that way, Timothy, by putting useful things in there before you left. If you put a bunch of gold coins in a car trunk, your Toyota Mobile Bank would also be off the hook. Stephen wants to be the “forefrontrunner” — hopefully not of using correct words — and pulls a classic Top Chef “I know it’s simple, but…” salad that is destined for failure. Amanda is preparing a minestrone soup and makes the same mistake, saying “I know minestrone is pedestrian but…” Trouble Twins! We break for the DVR-Buster segment which, for the first time in the excruciating history of these things, gives us a truly worthwhile screenshot:
Back on the farm, Angelo calls Tamesha’s cherry compote “sexy,” then jokes (jokes?) that he “made love to his dish.” Kevin’s cauliflower then spills on the ground, and Angelo races to start f***ing it:
The chefs finish their dishes and serve them to a group of elite chefs and farmers in an authentic farm fashion: On a big long table out in the middle of an empty field when it’s really cold out. FARM STYLE!
Padma tells the chefs “Thank you very much for this wonderful meal. We will now proceed to criticize it with amazing specificity.” The chefs then kinda stand there for a while as the people eat:
Patrick O’Connell says of Amanda’s soup, “The rusticity of everything is shocking,” which sounds like a super cheffy compliment, but the judges quickly pick apart her failure to cut/cook the vegetables evenly. Stephen’s salad then gets ripped on for being served in a bowl that doesn’t allow it to breathe (did you not have a pet toad when you were little, Stephen? Air holes, buddy). Timothy’s turnips and asparagus get ripped on too, completing the trifecta of expected-suck. Basically, the show seems to be back to normal after last week’s Chuck scare. The Top 4: Kevin, Kenny, Andrea, Kelly Andrea seemed to be headed for trouble when her Miami blood was getting cold, but she ended up pulling off her meat dish by cutting it into quarters; at the time, cutting the meat really seemed like something the editors left in to foreshadow her eventually having to defend herself at Judge’s Table, but she ended up doing fine. Kevin sneaks into the top as darkhorse, joining future season-finalists Kenny and Kelly. Kenny ends up winning Farmfest 2K10 with his sweet & sour curried eggplant, and responds with a gracious Top Chef “BLEEP.” Bottom 3: Timothy, Amanda, Stephen No surprises here – they comprised the Bottom 3 in my Top Chef Odds post yesterday (are you reading this, Mom? I’m good at something!) Amanda takes it on the chin when Eric Ripert calls her out for her “Minestrone” soup:
Amanda escapes yet again, though, when the judges are ultimately too disappointed with Timothy’s rash decision to throw asparagus into his dish at the last minute for color, which is weird, because usually when chefs on this show randomly throw an element into their dish at the last second without thinking, it always works out flawlessly and the judges uniformly high-five them.
On his way out, Timothy says “I’m looking forward to picking up the phone and growing old with these folks.” He then marries them. I cried. NEXT WEEK ON TOP CHEF: The chefs judge each other. I wonder if it gets heated? Probably not. I’ll bet it gets cooled down. So that’s “Everyone placed on one team so they fight,” followed by “Everyone judges each other so they fight more”? Two weeks from now they’re just gonna have all the chefs fistfight to the death in a giant fire pit. Summer Sweeps! Top Chef episode thoughts? Favorite/least favorite parts? Quotes? Who’s next to go? Does anyone have a shot against Angelo, Kenny and Kelly? Comment away. Source: Best Week Ever | 15 Jul 2010 | 2:33 am
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